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Quarter Century Odyssey Ends
Dear Win ( Read more... ) -
After a While
It's apparently nearly two years since I posted anything here and probably anywhere actually. The Internet is not an obsession, but can be important ( Read more... ) -
A Historical Curiosity
THE fabled alligator captured in the Thames some months ago has been surpassed by a hippopotamus disporting itself in the Seine. The scarcity of water has been so great in the Jardin des Plantes, that his majesty had been taken by his keepers to the river for his daily bath, securely held, as was thought, by his chain. One day, however, he snapped ( Read more... ) -
Who Am I?
With obvious thanks to Jackie Chan and ryf.
You know how sometimes people on your friends list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when are they working THERE? Since when are they dating HIM/HER? since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard ( Read more... ) -
Early in the Spring by Robert Louis Stevenson
Spring is nearly here, so I offer this from Making of America
Avoiding the icon space.
LIGHT foot and tight foot
And green grass spread:
Early in the morning-
But hope is on ahead.
Stout foot and proud foot
And gray dust spread:
Early in the evening,
And hope lies dead.
Long life and short life-
The last word said-
Early in the evening,
There lies the ( Read more... ) -
Not About R. L. Stevenson
I was going to post about Robert L. Stevenson at some length as I have been reading a lot of his works (both well and lesser known) recently. Instead I grabbed a nearby book,
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Jaunt to Cheshire etc.
On 16th December, all being well, I'll touch down at Manchester Ringway Airport. This being an infrequent visit home, if there's anyone who may want to meet from that time until mid-January 2009 or so, then let me know by replying here.
